Guess who! Australian TV icon shares sweet childhood throwback snap

He's the Aussie TV icon racing against the clock to tick off his 'before 60' bucket list.

The Bondi-born star describes himself as the 'most axed man' in the business and in recent weeks has been test driving a new gig on the comedy mic at Enmore Theatre.

TV's 'Mr Nice Guy' had an idyllic childhood in the 70s and 80s underpinned by his dad and mentor's motto: 'Be nice to everyone.'

And in 1998, he became an unofficial Logies ambassador by rescuing one of the biggest stars in the world at that time - Matt LeBlanc - from boredom with a bottle of stolen sambuca.

Of course, it's The Morning Show presenter, Larry Emdur .

'I mean I know I'm adorable now but how adorable was I then?' the larrikin presenter captioned a throwback photo of his toddler self on Wednesday.

It comes after the Gold Logie winner, 59, shared a more current photo of his performance at The Comedy Store last week.

The Channel Seven star revealed in the comments his close friend Osher Günsberg had convinced him to take part in an all-star show, in which celebrities revealed their wildest stories.

'I turn 60 next month so I'm racing to tick a few things off my pre-60 bucket list. I've always thought one of the scariest places on earth would be on stage at The Comedy Store,' Larry began.

'Last night with a tummy full of butterflies I jumped up and had a crack. Thanks Osher for having me on Story Club. It was great fun (well for me anyway).'

Other celebrities to perform at the event included Günsberg and The Ronnie Johns Half Hour star Jordan Raskopoulous.

In August, Larry secured his first ever Logie Awards when he took home the Gold at the 2024 ceremony at the Star in Sydney .

The TV star has been a recognisable face on Aussie screens since the age of 19, but had never before secured a win at the prestigious awards ceremony.

In a milestone victory, Larry was crowned as the most popular presenter as he took home the Bert Newton Award in his first ever Logies win.

According to his tell-all memoir, Happy As, Larry's younger self wouldn't have been in the room to hear the final acceptance speech.

'Securing a standing position at the after party bar was more prestigious than winning a Logie,' the freshly-minted Most Popular Presenter wrote in his 2020 book.

In a chapter about TV's night of nights in 1998, he also revealed that 'Australia's Oscars' were a 'bitterly disappointing' affair for invited international celebrities and a bit of a chore for '99.96 per cent of people' in attendance.

'I think they were always told it was Australia's Oscars . But looking at them about an hour into the ceremony, you could always see, they had concluded beyond all reasonable doubt that it was nothing like the Oscars,' Larry recalled.

'As in, positively, absolutely NOTHING like the Oscars.'

Larry explained how he wound up getting 'blackout' drunk with Friends star, Matt LeBlanc.

'Hey man, you look bored, wanna shot?' Larry asked the Friends star.

'He pushed through his entourage with the excitement of a young man who'd just flown to the other side of the world for the Australian Oscars, and having been bitterly disappointed, desperately needed a shot.'

Notably, this was the same evening that a naked Today host Tracy Grimshaw locked herself out of a hotel room after drinking tequila shots with billionaire James Packer .

Larry's self-described 'magical Sambuca circle' ended in a blackout, and an autographed headshot of Matt slipped under his Crown Casino hotel door the next day.

'When I woke up the next afternoon, there was a glossy 8x10 photo of Matt LeBlanc under the door with a handwritten message. Dear Sylive, your husband got me very drunk. Love Matt xx'.

'I thought it was very sweet he remembered because I kind of didn't remember anything.'